Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany told the club’s supporters that this season’s double success would just be the start as they paraded the Premier League and League Cup trophies in front of their jubilant fans. Fresh from their 2-0 win at home…
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Rio Ferdinand confirmed on Monday that he will leave Manchester United during the close-season. The 35-year-old has lost his place in the United team over the last two years due to a series of injuries and it had been widely expected the former England…
The Washington Monument, one of the US capital’s most recognizable landmarks, reopened Monday under dazzling blue skies, three years after sustaining damage from a rare earthquake. The popular tourist attraction is the US capital city’s tallest building…
Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah announced Monday he would compete at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. “Hi guys! I will be running in the Commonwealth Games this year..!! See you in Glasgow..!! Shabba….!!” Farah told his Twitter…
Libya’s navy said Monday it had intercepted and rescued 340 illegal migrants off the coast of the western town of Sabratha when their boat began to take on water. The rescue came on the same day Italy’s navy said at least 14 migrants had died when their…
Chad announced it is closing its border with the Central African Republic on Monday, saying it wants to stop violence spilling over from the sectarian conflict next door. “We will not allow the Chadian territory to be used by one side or the other to…
Hardware and phone manufacturer LG has been on the promotional uptick for its new smart watch, the LG G Watch, since its unveil earlier this year. As we near its forthcoming summer release, the company has released a minute-long teaser video for the…
Emperador, the Philippines’ largest liquor producer, said Monday it had agreed to buy Scottish whisky-maker Whyte and Mackay as part of an expansion beyond its traditional base of brandy. The company said in a disclosure to the Manila stock exchange…
The United States said Monday it does not recognize the “illegal referendum” held over the weekend in east Ukraine that called for breaking away from Kiev. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the voting organized by pro-Russian elements in Donetsk…
French President Francois Hollande said Monday he had invited US and British officials to attend a Paris summit this weekend focusing on the threat from Islamist sect Boko Haram, which has abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. “I asked the…
Aston Villa’s American owner Randy Lerner intends to sell the club, he said Monday. Lerner took control of the English Premier League side in 2006 after a £62.6m takeover ($105.7 million) that saw him buy out the Birmingham team’s longstanding former…
Everton breakthrough star Ross Barkley, 20, was named in a youthful England World Cup squad on Monday, but Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick only made the standby list. Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole announced his international retirement…
Boko Haram released a new video on Monday claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls and alleging the teenagers had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, speaks…
Nigeria on Monday rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists. Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned by Shekau in a new video that…
Frustration and despair over the fate of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria is forcing families to organize the rescue themselves. Mother of one of the girls, asking to remain unidentified out of fear of causing…
The lack of English players in Manchester City’s first-choice team is “pretty depressing”, according to Football Association chairman Greg Dyke. “It’s been a great league this year. I think the Premier League has been brilliant,” Dyke told several British…
Israel on Sunday joined the international effort to trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria but Washington said US troops would stay out of any rescue mission. Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan spoke to Israeli…
Originally published on Gas2. Segun Oyeyiola’s parents were always telling him, “you better find something better to do. Your siblings have completed their first degrees and rather than you do some stupid things.” Those “stupid things”, in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to help Nigeria search for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by extremist Islamist group Boko Haram, an offer that was accepted. A statement from the premier’s office said that Netanyahu, currently…
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby warned Sunday of the difficulties of negotiating with an “utterly merciless” group like Boko Haram, but called for active contact with the Nigerian Islamists over their abduction of scores of schoolgirls. Welby…